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Beth-shemesh
        (house of the sun).
        1. One of the towns which marked the north boundary of Judah. Jos 15:10 It is now 'Ainshems, about two miles from the great Philistine plain, and seven from Ekron.
        2. A city on the border of Issachar. Jos 19:22
        3. One of the "fenced cities" of Naphtali. Jos 19:38; Jud 1:33
        4. An idolatrous temple, or place in Egypt. Jer 43:13 In the middle ages Heliopolis was still called by the Arabs Ain Shems.


Bibliography Information
Smith, William, Dr "Meaning and Definition for 'beth-shemesh' in Smiths Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Smith's; 1901.

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